July 2026 — Current Month Snapshot
Monthly Trend
Total Monthly Revenue — All Markets
Statewide casino revenue across all 5 markets
Revenue by Market
Monthly by market
Monthly Admissions Trend
Total visitors entering Louisiana casinos each month
Revenue by Casino
Individual casino lines — filter by market for clarity
Market Share — Current Month
Revenue share by market for the most recent period
Revenue per Admission — Spending per Visit
Statewide Revenue / Admission
How much each visitor spends — proxy for consumer willingness to spend
Revenue / Admission by Market
Markets compared — Lake Charles draws longer-distance visitors who spend more
Year-over-Year Trends
Revenue — Year-over-Year % Change
Green = revenue up vs same month last year. The headline read on whether gaming demand is growing or contracting.
Admissions — Year-over-Year % Change
Green = more visitors than same month last year. The volume driver behind the revenue trend.
Rev/Admission — Year-over-Year % Change
Green = visitors spending more per trip vs same month last year. Sustained orange = consumer wallet pressure signal.
Data Summary & Observations
What the Data Shows
AI Market Analysis
Louisiana's commercial casino market generated $212.5 million in gross gaming revenue in July 2026, a headline that requires context rather than a knee-jerk read. The -1.8% month-over-month decline marks the second consecutive monthly pullback following May's cycle-high of $246.2 million, and July now sits as the softest print of the past three months. Yet the +7.0% year-over-year gain keeps the market comfortably above 2025 levels, suggesting this is a cooling of momentum rather than a structural downturn. The pattern — a strong spring peak followed by two months of sequential softening — points to a market that is normalizing after an unusually hot Q2, not one that is breaking down.
The market-level breakdown reveals a distinctly uneven recovery. Lake Charles remains the state's engine, posting $62.6 million with both positive MoM (+1.7%) and YoY (+7.0%) growth, powered by destination-resort strength at L'auberge (+17.1% YoY) and Golden Nugget (+4.3% MoM). New Orleans held essentially flat sequentially (-0.0%) but is up a robust +11.9% YoY, and Baton Rouge, despite a rough month (-7.7% MoM), is still running +11.0% YoY. The outlier is Shreveport/Bossier, which fell -7.2% MoM and is growing a mere +2.6% YoY — the weakest performance of any regional market and a clear laggard relative to the statewide average.
This divergence is the opposite of a classic "trade-down" signal. If consumers were under acute wallet pressure and migrating toward cheaper, more accessible gaming options, we would expect Shreveport/Bossier — historically a value-oriented, drive-in regional market — to be gaining share from the higher-end destination properties in Lake Charles and New Orleans. Instead, the data shows the opposite: premium and tourist-anchored assets like Caesars New Orleans (+21.7% YoY) and L'auberge Lake Charles (+17.1% YoY) are thriving, while locals-oriented, lower-ticket properties such as Sam's Town Shreveport (-13.3% YoY) and Louisiana